Tomorrow at AMC...

Correction: Gen. Snowdon will begin his presentation at 1 PM, not 1:30 PM on Thursday as previously noted. Summary bio: Gen. Lawrence (Larry) Snowdon studied in Stetson University, Florida, earned his BS degree in economics from the University of Virginia in 1942. He also attended Northwestern University and Harvard University. He enlisted in the Marine Corps reserve after Pearl Harbor and was commissioned a second lieutenant in July 1942. In World War II he served as a platoon leader and a company commander in combat in the Marshall Islands, Saipan and Tinian. He was company commander during the assault landing on Iwo Jima.
He was also the battalion executive officer in Korea and a regimental commander in Vietnam. As a Maj. Gen., he served as Chief of Staff, US Forces Japan, for Three Years where he received the "Second Order of the Sacred Treasure" from Emperor Hirohito.
After 37 years of service he retired from the Marine Corps in 1979 as a lieutenant general while serving as Chief Of Staff, Headquarters, US Marine Corps, Washington DC. In August of 1979 He Was Appointed Vice President, Far East Area for Hughes Aircraft International Service Company, responsible for Hughes business in Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. He retired from Hughes aircraft in 1988 after serving several high-level positions.
In November 1983, the Secretary of Defense recalled Gen. Snowdon from Japan to serve on the Commission to Investigate the Terrorist Bombing of the Marine Corps Unit in Beirut Lebanon, a Terrorist Act which claimed the lives of 241 US military personnel. The commission report has been a key to development international policies of the readiness of US military forces to deal with terrorism.
returned to Iwo Jima in 1985 and since March 1995 he has served as the co- US Chairman for the Joint American and Japanese "Reunion of Honor" on Iwo Jima and filled that same role ever since.
If you have any interest in history at all, I will see you there.